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Is a site with site links considered an authority site?

Discussion in 'Google' started by sfraise, Nov 30, 2008.

  1. #1
    I know a lot of people say that sites with site links are considered authority sites.

    I have a site that I haven't done much with for a year or so that has a pr1 but has site links.

    So my question is because it has site links it's considered an authority site even though it only has a pr1?
     
    sfraise, Nov 30, 2008 IP
  2. BoomerC

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    #2
    Sitelinks don't mean the site has authority, no. They are generated by Google when they believe the links will be of use to people searching for that term.

    It in no way means the site is authority.
     
    BoomerC, Nov 30, 2008 IP
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    #3
    I disagree. Your 2nd sentence is true, but when have you ever seen sitelinks on sites that DID NOT rank #1?
     
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    #4
    I thought it was common sense that only the top ranking website would get that reward, but ok, let me rephrase that sentence..

    If you are ranking first, they are generated by Google when they believe the links will be of use to people searching for that term.
     
    BoomerC, Nov 30, 2008 IP
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    #5
    mostly when people talk about authority sites they are talking about trusted domains that end in .gov and .edu sites. This has nothing to do with google sitelinks. Although I would agree that the site is a good resource (that is easily crawlable) if they possess google sitelinks in the serps.
     
    gangwisch, Nov 30, 2008 IP
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    mini speakers Banned

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    #6
    i dont think it with authority.
     
    mini speakers, Nov 30, 2008 IP
  7. SEOibiza

    SEOibiza Peon

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    #7
    this is the point, and its usually a strong enough first place that you're not going anywhere (like on your site's own name for example)

    so at that point anyway, google see you as the definitive #1, for that query at least.
     
    SEOibiza, Dec 1, 2008 IP
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    Lexiseek Banned

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    #8
    What site on the internet shouldn't rank for its' own name.

    Sitelinks have nothing to do with authority as the PR rank of 1 indicates. Sitelinks appear because interior pages have internal links. Nothing less, nothing more.
     
    Lexiseek, Dec 1, 2008 IP
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    SEOibiza Peon

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    #9
    lol. every site has internal links, not all have sitelinks, and plenty dont rank number one for their own name.

    what about when you have them for a business keyword? think you'll be getting past them for that kw in a hurry?

    PR1 is low though, have never seen below a 3 with them myself
     
    SEOibiza, Dec 1, 2008 IP
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    #10
    I feel a bit of authority, domain age and an organized link structure plays a role in sitelinks (you won't see too many new sites with sitelinks).
    FYI, I finally gave up on Pagerank. When my site was a PR 5 I had about 400% fewer visitors (organically). Now I am a PR 2 and I'm getting more traffic than ever before from Google.. and I've had sitelinks for quite some time now.
     
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    SEOibiza Peon

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    #11
    agree in most part

    the process has gotten much faster lately, we got them allocated at 8.5 months and PR5, although they've stopped showing again recently, (except in the WMT panel where they change around on an almost weekly basis)

    but sweetfunny on here said he recently had a site get them in a month or something I think.

    I think its semantics and people's interpretation of the phrase "authority site"

    I think it does indicate a measure of dominance (or authority) over that particular term at least even if it doesn't mean it's an "authority site"
     
    SEOibiza, Dec 1, 2008 IP
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    Lexiseek Banned

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    #12
    So say it's authoritative for a search term. Or authoritative for its own name. But clearly sitelinks shouldn't be confused with "authority sites" which are well loved websites like Wikipedia and Amazon.
     
    Lexiseek, Dec 1, 2008 IP
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    #13
    agreed. sitelinks does not make you wikipedia :)
     
    SEOibiza, Dec 2, 2008 IP
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    #14
    I do have sitelinks for many of my sites in my webmaster account since last couple months, but i haven't yet got on the live Google.
    BTW, I don't care about it much.
     
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    #15
    out of interest what's the domain PRs on the ones that have them?
     
    SEOibiza, Dec 2, 2008 IP
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    #16
    no by puting only domain name google, if google shows your internal site link then its consider in authority site
     
    flatroxs, Dec 2, 2008 IP
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    #17
    Check out my PR 0 website with 8 Sitelinks. Superior Investor

    8 sitelinks yet no PR. Is it a world class authority or not?

    BTW, I now have sitelinks on 32/50 websites I own.

    Here's my PR3 "Authority" web directory. Sootle Web Directory

    7 sitelinks and PR 3.
     
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    #18
    lol, yes I see what you mean. :D

    but what about if your name is blahblah.com and you have sitelinks for say "luxury hotels"

    is that different?
     
    SEOibiza, Dec 2, 2008 IP
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    #19
    and this isnt entirely honest is it? :)

    with 33k links across 500 domains it's not a real PR0 is it?

    have you been selling links there or something?

     
    SEOibiza, Dec 2, 2008 IP
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    #20
    Here is the site I was talking about when I started this thread, just do a search in Google for poker tips from the pros. It will be the first result with site links. As I mentioned before I haven't done much to this site for over a year, but should mention that a year ago this site was a pr4, but since most of the back links have fallen off it's now a pr1. Maybe that will shed a little more light on the matter.
     
    sfraise, Dec 2, 2008 IP